Over the holidays I played Ace Attorney for the first time and the fact that the game features lawyers in cravats got me thinking about these two lawyering rivals (even if they’re supposed to be on the same side of the courtroom.)
The Romanian government just decriminalised official misconduct.
This essentially makes corruption legal.
what is life
fuckers passed the law in the middle of the night
despite protests being held against this in the last two weeks
there were more than 100k people on the streets a few days ago
i can’t even
I’m shaking with rage. A huge number of politicians will have their criminal records thrown out. People who have cause state prejudice of millions of dollars (they’re estimating a total of almost one billion). People who have tried to rig the votes in the last presidential election. The officials who had done the inspection in the Colectiv club before the fire that claimed 64 lives last year will be off their charges too.
Protests are being organized throughout the country. I’m so worried that violence may break out, despite the fact that all protests so far have been peaceful.
There are 175.000 people out in the streets in the entire country. I’m hoping this changes something.
Over 300.000 at the moment. It’s the biggest protest in Romania in the last 25 years.
HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN SHARING THIS
Update 02.02.2017:
There were some incidents at the protest in Bucharest last night, some bands of people have become violent towards the police forces, throwing firecrackers and other blunt objects towards them. This determined the police to ask all protesters to go home, so that the situation doesn’t escalate. They also used tear gas on the instigators. 4 people were injured.
I want to stress that this is not how the protest should be seen. The majority of the people is peaceful and this is the sole incident so far. The crowd condemned the actions of these aggressors, shouting “Not like this!”.
The protests will continue tonight. The people, along with the president, the Superior Council of Magistracy, the attorney general, the European Union and the embassies of several countries are asking the repeal of the emergency ordinance that would decriminalise official misconduct.
For @lotaire, who requested an ExR superhero AU with some more plot details for me to know and you to find out. Called “Vol. I” because I couldn’t quite fit everything from the prompt in (mainly the happy ending), which means at some point, a second volume will be required. (Also because, like, comic books. And such.)
Long after the verdict had been read and the courtroom cleared, the two words still seemed to hang in the air just as Enjolras still sat at the prosecution table, stunned. Slowly, he packed his papers into his briefcase and stood, ready to begin the long walk out of the courtroom. He paused to frown at the figure still seated in the back, fast asleep. “I can’t wait to see your sketches from today,” he said, a little loudly, and even managed a smile when the court artist woke up with a start.
“Oh, is it over already?” Grantaire asked, stretching and yawning. “I mean, I didn’t expect it to last long. It’s not like there was a solid case.”
